Devon and Cornwall Film

Burn After Reading is the next offering from the Coen brothers. It stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton and will be in cinemas from October 17. This dark spy-comedy doesn’t use the talents of Devon’s own Roger Deakins, DP, (who will be back with the Coens in 2009 with Hail Ceasar), but we still have the trailer for you to giggle over.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still trailer

Klaatu Barrada Nikto, as they say. Or Keanu, Bates, Jennifer Connelly, who are the headliners behind The Day the Earth Stood Still, which is coming to cinemas near you in December. Just for your delectation, we have the trailer. But what you have to decide is - environmental allegory or terrorist scaremongering?

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We were going to call this ‘how to make crispy, shredded duck’, but thought that would be misleading - the make up people who worked on Ashley Wing’s Between the Lines talk about creating crispy shredded man, afterall, which puts us in mind of Neil Diamond’s famous song about canabalism, Cracklin’ Rosie. Nevertheless, this is part two of the DVD-style behind the scenes movie from Ashley Wing, whose latest film, Poppies can be seen at a festival near you, soon.

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Have you ever wondered how to make the South Hams, Devon, look like a Second World War battlefield setting? Even if you’re one of the few people who haven’t, this first part of a behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of post production, make up and other such wizardry on Ashley Wing’s Between the Lines is a fascinating insight in the dark arts of making movies.

Tomorrow: Part two of Ashley Wing’s Effects Breakdown

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Ashley Wing’s latest film Poppies is all set to do the rounds of film festivals and the like, and he’s in post production of his sci-fi romp with his muckers at FXHome. His first film, Between the Lines has been mistaken for part of a mini series, and his second, A Hard Day’s Knight, was a success on the short film circuit. Lee Morgan caught up with him in one heck of a noisy cafe.

Read Ashley’s thoughts on his sci-fi production for FXHome.

Tomorrow: Go behind the scenes of Between the Lines and get some post production tips.

And here’s Hard Day’s Knight, for your delectation.

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What is First Light Movies? from First Light Movies on Vimeo.

You wanna get your grubby filmmaking hands on up £5,000 to make a five minute film, or up to £3,000 to develop a story idea and write a script? Then read on.

First Light has announced the next deadline for its Pilot and What’s the Big Idea? award schemes. The deadline is September 16, and the decisions will be announced on November 11.

You start, as always, ‘by inspiring a group of young people an get hose creative ideas flowing today!’

And once that’s done, all that’s left it to apply.

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It’s not often a new film movement is created right under your very nose, but there’s a whole lot of interesting stuff going on in Exeter under the title of The Third Wave Collective.

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The end of the school/college term, and other than signing each others clothes and/or bodies, what are the articulate, outgoing 15 to 19 year olds to do? (Don’t all answer at once.)

Lambent Productions is looking for young people for their Lifeproof series - 10 half-hour films about how young people deal with the many problems relating to growing up, especially their relationships with each other.

Each film, they tell us, ‘will focus on one teenager and their closest friends and will involve them using cameras to film their different perspectives’, which in true Channel Four style will cover your ‘love-life and relationship dilemmas. How do you deal with those tricky relationship issues? Love, sex, jealousy, heartbreak, temptation, fancying a friend, keeping/losing your virginity, pressure to conform etc’.

You take the camera, record your story pass it to your friends and get their advice .

All filming is to take place during August, so if you’re interested, or if you’d like to know more, get in touch with Jenni or Lara on 01273 648380 or email jenni@lambentproductions.co.uk

Go to the site to watch the showreel to see what you can expect.
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Calling all of you creative types - two Shorts Nights and D+CFilm are calling for you to design the prize for the next Two Short Nights short film festival, which takes place at the Exeter Phoenix, on November 28 and 29.

Artists of all disciplines – including sculptors, model makers, electronic and digital artists – are being asked to submit their ideas for this prestigious and ground-breaking prize.

The theme for this year’s festival is Visions of the Future and deals with the impact new technology has had and will have on the world of the moving image. Designs for the prize should reflect that.

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Because some of you out there might not know the Exeter Phoenix Media Centre; because Ben Sherriff is a tipperdy-top filmmaker (he’s the guy what made it); and because I’ve not had the chance to put Stuart in a magazine lately, we thought we’d show you this film.

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Get that Friday feeling - anytime in the week with the YouTube super Fridays from Fresh Shorts. The cheerleaders of top-notch international short film have set up their very own YouTube channel and every Friday they celebrate by adding another short to the already long list. Of course, we don’t subscribe to their button down view of the world and watch films everyday of the week. Go on, try it yourself.

Here’s just one example: The Open Doors by James Rogan.

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Mounting the Scaffold - The Weaver Twins. Directed by Darren Jones

Darren Jones had just finished his take on the The Weaver Twins’ video Mounting the Scaffold, and his music videos cover The Quails, Hey Molly, Obedientbone, Nicky Swann and others of Devon’s finest, including Arthur Walker. Lee Morgan walked the woods with the man some people call monkeyzombie
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When the people in charge of this short film about creativity in the South West said that loads of creative blogs were showing it, we just had to jump on the bandwagon. And there is a mention of Plymouth, so it’s not all Bristol, Bristol, Bristol - although it could have done with a bit more of a mention about how richly vibrant the scene is around the D+CFilm environs.

Anyway, take a sup of the region’s creative juices and see what flows out.

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Just because today’s Sunday we thought we’d dip our toe into the wider world of cinematic wonder and bring you the trailer of the Oscar winning No Country for Old Men.

If you were to ask why, we would tell you that it’s because industry supremo and fave of the Coen brothers Roger Deakins was director of photography is from Torquay. But it don’t half help that he creates a beautiful and powerful images – lovefest over, sit back and take a squint at the tailer.

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This weekend’s mainstream offering is from The Happening, ‘a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity’, according to the blurb. We suspect it’s another frolicking mess from M Night Shyamalan, but watch the trailer and tell us what you think. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo, and opens on Friday June 13.

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